Fixing Haynes King

[swampsting]

For once, a decent 247sports.com article on how Haynes King rebuilt his throwing motion and became Tech's starter.

Haynes King's resurgence as Georgia Tech's QB stems from a mechanical evolution: 'His upside is unbelievable'

Haynes King remembers feeling 'not sure of anything' at the end of his Texas A&M career. Now with a clean bill of health, a new outlook on passing and a new team in Georgia Tech, the transfer quarterback is playing like the blue-chip recruit everyone wanted from the 2020 class.

247sports.com

 

[RoanokeJacket]

I especially like the "He's only getting started" part.

 

[JJacket]

For once, a decent 247sports.com article on how Haynes King rebuilt his throwing motion and became Tech's starter.

Haynes King's resurgence as Georgia Tech's QB stems from a mechanical evolution: 'His upside is unbelievable'

Haynes King remembers feeling 'not sure of anything' at the end of his Texas A&M career. Now with a clean bill of health, a new outlook on passing and a new team in Georgia Tech, the transfer quarterback is playing like the blue-chip recruit everyone wanted from the 2020 class.

247sports.com

Article says an awful lot about how much of a öööö up Jimbo Fisher is.

 

[OptionJacket]

King is clearly a lefty as he writes lefty. Why his dad taught him to throw righty is interesting. Most dads would have put a baseball in his hands as a lefty and rode off to a college scholarship. I guess being a football coach he knew the bias coaches have against lefty QB’s so pushed him righty. You can definitely tell his motion is memorized rather than natural.

 

[gtg712x]

I especially like the "He's only getting started" part.

 

[BigDanT]

King is clearly a lefty as he writes lefty. Why his dad taught him to throw righty is interesting. Most dads would have put a baseball in his hands as a lefty and rode off to a college scholarship. I guess being a football coach he knew the bias coaches have against lefty QB’s so pushed him righty. You can definitely tell his motion is memorized rather than natural.

If this is true to heart his mind is brilliant. To memorize and connect with the body so well.

 

[JJacket]

King is clearly a lefty as he writes lefty. Why his dad taught him to throw righty is interesting. Most dads would have put a baseball in his hands as a lefty and rode off to a college scholarship. I guess being a football coach he knew the bias coaches have against lefty QB’s so pushed him righty. You can definitely tell his motion is memorized rather than natural.

Not necessarily true. I naturally write right handed, but shoot pool, a rifle or gun, play a guitar, play drums.....left handed. The ONLY way I realized I shot pool left handed when a buddy of mine said "why are you shooting pool left handed?" during a game. I then realized

My best friend growing up batted righty, played the field righty, kicked a ball lefty, played basketball lefty.

I'd bet it is more common than you would think. We had a company outing yesterday and one of my direct reports, a lefty, hits a golf ball right handed.

 

[Diseqc]

This reads like an advertisement for the qb whisperer. Anyone remember when Vad had some QB guru he was working with?

 

[OptionJacket]

Not necessarily true. I naturally write right handed, but shoot pool, a rifle or gun, play a guitar, play drums.....left handed. The ONLY way I realized I shot pool left handed when a buddy of mine said "why are you shooting pool left handed?" during a game. I then realized

My best friend growing up batted righty, played the field righty, kicked a ball lefty, played basketball lefty.

I'd bet it is more common than you would think. We had a company outing yesterday and one of my direct reports, a lefty, hits a golf ball right handed.

I get it. But the odds of being other handed than what you write is very low. And you can tell in Kings throwing motion it’s not natural. I can shoot hoops right or lefty because I taught myself as a kid to shoot lefty. I can make some buckets but it’s not nearly as pretty or fluid as my right handed shot. You can see in his throwing motion he has a slight hitch. Not a big deal but it tells me his dad simply had him throw righty from the jump, which for a QB is the right call.

 

[RoanokeJacket]

Not necessarily true. I naturally write right handed, but shoot pool, a rifle or gun, play a guitar, play drums.....left handed. The ONLY way I realized I shot pool left handed when a buddy of mine said "why are you shooting pool left handed?" during a game. I then realized

Pool and shooting may be due to your dominant eye, the rest I dunno. That is why I shoot lefty if I actually want to hit anything.

 

[JJacket]

Pool and shooting may be due to your dominant eye, the rest I dunno. That is why I shoot lefty if I actually want to hit anything.

It mainly is because of my dominant eye.

 

[gt9589]

I want him to surgically dismantle the Clemson D on Sat.

 

[gambler]

This thread explains so much about how some of you post.

 

[00Burdell]

King is clearly a lefty as he writes lefty. Why his dad taught him to throw righty is interesting. Most dads would have put a baseball in his hands as a lefty and rode off to a college scholarship. I guess being a football coach he knew the bias coaches have against lefty QB’s so pushed him righty. You can definitely tell his motion is memorized rather than natural.

This is an excellent observation.

 

[JJacket]

This is an excellent observation.

It is a bullshit observation. He can't tell öööö about his motion being memorized.

 

[Liberty]

For once, a decent 247sports.com article on how Haynes King rebuilt his throwing motion and became Tech's starter.

Haynes King's resurgence as Georgia Tech's QB stems from a mechanical evolution: 'His upside is unbelievable'

Haynes King remembers feeling 'not sure of anything' at the end of his Texas A&M career. Now with a clean bill of health, a new outlook on passing and a new team in Georgia Tech, the transfer quarterback is playing like the blue-chip recruit everyone wanted from the 2020 class.

247sports.com

Maybe less folks will wet their pants if anyone starts discussing King's throwing motion and footwork now?

 

[Nehru Jacket]

It mainly is because of my dominant eye.

A serious question if your dominant eye is your left one and you are right handed, will you always have poor hand to eye coordination?

 

[JJacket]

A serious question if your dominant eye is your left one and you are right handed, will you always have poor hand to eye coordination?

I don't think so. I remember seeing a story on dominant eye. Watched it because it detailed why Chris Chambliss was such a good hitter.

 

[33jacket]

I get it. But the odds of being other handed than what you write is very low. And you can tell in Kings throwing motion it’s not natural. I can shoot hoops right or lefty because I taught myself as a kid to shoot lefty. I can make some buckets but it’s not nearly as pretty or fluid as my right handed shot. You can see in his throwing motion he has a slight hitch. Not a big deal but it tells me his dad simply had him throw righty from the jump, which for a QB is the right call.

larry bird is a lefty. Played basketball his whole career as a righty

lebron james is a lefty too

phil mickelson is a righty

yes. Its rare as hell. But that doesn’t mean its not natural. In fact because its so rare; it leads me to believe it is natural.

 

[GEETEELEE]

We had a company outing yesterday and one of my direct reports, a lefty, hits a golf ball right handed.

There some thought that playing golf opposite handed would be better as the leading arm is what guide the swing and provides the most directed power. Overuse of the right arm for righties causes many bad shots.